Re: true loop

Message-ID	<504FC54B.7D2@mindspring.com> (permalink)
Date	2012-09-11 19:12 -0400
From	pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>
Organization	PF
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: true loop
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bob wrote:
> 
> Is it considered bad practice to do something like this?
> 
> while (true)
> {
> 
> ...
> 
> }

Th C compiler which I use, 
issues a warning for that.

In C,  
    for(;;)
is for writing that kind of loop.

-- 
pete

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